Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
They devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. They will receive greater condemnation!"
A Conservative Version
who devour widows' houses, and in pretence make long prayers. These will receive greater damnation.
American Standard Version
who devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
They consume widows' houses [i.e., by foreclosing on them] and [then] cover it up by offering lengthy prayers. These people will receive a heavier judgment."
Anderson New Testament
who eat up the houses of widows, and, for a pretext, make long prayers. These shall receive the greater condemnation.
Bible in Basic English
Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.
Common New Testament
who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive greater condemnation."
Daniel Mace New Testament
who under the pretext of their long prayers devour the fortunes of widows. wherefore they shall be punish'd with greater severity.
Darby Translation
who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.
Godbey New Testament
Who devour the houses of the widows, and pray long through pretext; they shall receive the greater judgment.
John Wesley New Testament
Who devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater damnation.
Julia Smith Translation
Who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence pray at great length; these shall receive more abundant judgment.
King James 2000
Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: the same shall receive greater condemnation.
Lexham Expanded Bible
who devour the houses of widows and pray lengthy [prayers] for the sake of appearance. These will receive more severe condemnation!"
Modern King James verseion
who devour widows' houses, and make long prayers for a show; the same shall receive a more severe condemnation.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
which devour widows' houses, and that under a colour of long praying: The same shall receive greater damnation."
Moffatt New Testament
they prey upon the property of widows and offer long unreal prayers. All the heavier will their sentence be!"
Montgomery New Testament
"but they devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive severer condemnation."
NET Bible
They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment."
New Heart English Bible
who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."
Noyes New Testament
who devour widows houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. These will receive a far greater condemnation.
Sawyer New Testament
who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; they shall receive a greater judgment.
The Emphasized Bible
Who devour the houses of widows, and, for a show, are a long time at prayer. These, shall receive, a heavier sentence.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
who devour the houses of widows, and for a pretext make long prayers: these shall receive a more abundant punishment.
Twentieth Century New Testament
These are the men who rob widows of their houses, and make a pretense of saying long prayers. Their sentence will be all the heavier."
Webster
Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
Weymouth New Testament
who swallow up the property of widows and mask their wickedness by making long prayers. They will be punished far more severely than others."
Williams New Testament
men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will receive a much heavier sentence."
World English Bible
who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."
Worrell New Testament
who devour the houses of widows; and, for a pretense, make long prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation."
Worsley New Testament
who devour widows houses, and for a shew of religion make long prayers: these shall receive a heavier sentence.
Youngs Literal Translation
who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'
Themes
Jesus Christ » History of » Exposes the hypocrisies of the scribes and pharisees (in jerusalem)
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Word Count of 36 Translations in Luke 20:47
Verse Info
Context Readings
Warning To Beware Of The Scribes
46
Beware of the scribes for they walk around in long robes. They love greetings in the marketplaces. They sit in the chief seats in the synagogues and the head tables at feasts.
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Cross References
Mark 12:40
They devour widows' houses and for pretence make long prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation.
Isaiah 10:2
They deprive the poor of justice. They take away the rights of the needy among my people. They prey on widows and rob orphans.
Jeremiah 7:6-10
if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,
Ezekiel 22:7
People in you hate their fathers and mothers. They oppress foreigners in you. They oppress orphans and widows in you.'
Ezekiel 33:31
Then they come to you, as if they are still my people, and they sit down in front of you. They listen to what you say, but they do not do it. They say that they love me, but in their hearts they chase dishonest profits.
Amos 2:7
They pant after the dust of the earth on the head of lowly (meek) persons. They reject the humble! A man and his father have sexual relations with the same maiden, to profane my holy name.
Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, you who would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail.
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them. They covet houses and confiscate them! They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Micah 2:8
Lately my people have become an enemy! You strip the robe off the garment from passersby, from men returning from war.
Micah 3:2
You hate good and love evil! You rip off their skin and their flesh from off their bones!
Matthew 11:22-24
I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of Judgment than for you.
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You close the kingdom of heaven to people. You do not invite others to enter nor do you enter.
Matthew 23:26-28
You are blind. Clean the inside of the cup and platter first. Then clean the outside.
Luke 10:12-14
I tell you, it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
Luke 12:1
Thousands of people in the crowd were gathered together so much that they bumped into one another. He said to his disciples: First of all, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke 12:47-48
The unfaithful servant who knew what his master wanted and did not do it will be beaten.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
You know very well that we did not come to you with flattering talk (praise for selfish gain). We did not use words to cover up greed (insatiable desire for wealth). God is our witness!
2 Timothy 3:2-6
For men will be lovers of their own selves, covetous (lovers of money), arrogant, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful (ungrateful), unholy,
Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God; but deny him by their works! They are detestable, disobedient, and not approved for any good work.
James 3:1
Many of you should not be teachers, my brothers. You know that we will receive a heavier (stricter) judgment.